The beleaguered West Seattle Bridge isn’t there for no reason. It helps move people and cars across a busy industrial waterway far below the bridge and nearly invisible to most drivers and passengers.

While it may be invisible, the author of a new book says Seattle owes its very existence to that waterway, the Duwamish River.

The beleaguered West Seattle Bridge isn&rsquo;t there for no reason. It helps move people and cars across a busy industrial waterway far below the bridge and nearly invisible to most drivers and passengers.
While it may be invisible, the author of a new book says Seattle owes its very existence to that waterway, the Duwamish River.

Dave Ross and Colleen O’Brien bring you the day’s most important news stories every weekday. Along with Chris Sullivan on traffic and KIRO 7 TV’s Nick Allard, it’s everything you need to get your day started right. 

Dave Ross and Colleen O’Brien bring you the day’s most important news stories every weekday. Along with Chris Sullivan on traffic and KIRO 7 TV’s Nick Allard, it’s everything you need to get your day started right.

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